What Happens in Grade 2
Noah’s cousin
dies – pre-cousin –
his aunt was due
in ten days or so
not far at all
away
the miscarriage,
as Noah sees,
is just unjust
it’s like a time test -
so many problems
already solved,
almost all
and only a few remaining, and ones you know
then: time
is called.
Originally Published: The Fertile Source, June 2009